devstack/doc/source/index.rst
Sean Dague bc883df1c2 add networking write up for devstack
This explains the current state of networking in devstack, and a
couple of scenarios that people might want to try out for local
testing.

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.. Documentation Architecture for the devstack docs.
It is really easy for online docs to meander over time as people
attempt to add the small bit of additional information they think
people need, into an existing information architecture. In order to
prevent that we need to be a bit strict as to what's on this front
page.
This should *only* be the quick start narrative. Which should end
with 2 sections: what you can do with devstack once it's set up,
and how to go beyond this setup. Both should be a set of quick
links to other documents to let people explore from there.
==========
DevStack
==========
.. image:: assets/images/logo-blue.png
DevStack is a series of extensible scripts used to quickly bring up a
complete OpenStack environment based on the latest versions of
everything from git master. It is used interactively as a development
environment and as the basis for much of the OpenStack project's
functional testing.
The source is available at
`<https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack-dev/devstack>`__.
.. warning::
DevStack will make substantial changes to your system during
installation. Only run DevStack on servers or virtual machines that
are dedicated to this purpose.
Quick Start
===========
Install Linux
-------------
Start with a clean and minimal install of a Linux system. Devstack
attempts to support Ubuntu 14.04/16.04, Fedora 23/24, CentOS/RHEL 7,
as well as Debian and OpenSUSE.
If you do not have a preference, Ubuntu 16.04 is the most tested, and
will probably go the smoothest.
Download DevStack
-----------------
::
git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack-dev/devstack
The ``devstack`` repo contains a script that installs OpenStack and
templates for configuration files
Create a local.conf
-------------------
Create a ``local.conf`` file with 4 passwords preset
::
[[local|localrc]]
ADMIN_PASSWORD=secret
DATABASE_PASSWORD=$ADMIN_PASSWORD
RABBIT_PASSWORD=$ADMIN_PASSWORD
SERVICE_PASSWORD=$ADMIN_PASSWORD
This is the minimum required config to get started with DevStack.
Add Stack User
--------------
Devstack should be run as a non-root user with sudo enabled
(standard logins to cloud images such as "ubuntu" or "cloud-user"
are usually fine).
You can quickly create a separate `stack` user to run DevStack with
::
devstack/tools/create-stack-user.sh; su stack
Start the install
-----------------
::
cd devstack; ./stack.sh
This will take a 15 - 20 minutes, largely depending on the speed of
your internet connection. Many git trees and packages will be
installed during this process.
Profit!
-------
You now have a working DevStack! Congrats!
Your devstack will have installed ``keystone``, ``glance``, ``nova``,
``cinder``, ``neutron``, and ``horizon``. Floating IPs will be
available, guests have access to the external world.
You can access horizon to experience the web interface to
OpenStack, and manage vms, networks, volumes, and images from
there.
You can ``source openrc`` in your shell, and then use the
``openstack`` command line tool to manage your devstack.
You can ``cd /opt/stack/tempest`` and run tempest tests that have
been configured to work with your devstack.
You can :doc:`make code changes to OpenStack and validate them
<development>`.
Going further
-------------
Learn more about our :doc:`configuration system <configuration>` to
customize devstack for your needs. Including making adjustments to the
default :doc:`networking <networking>`.
Read :doc:`guides <guides>` for specific setups people have (note:
guides are point in time contributions, and may not always be kept
up to date to the latest devstack).
Enable :doc:`devstack plugins <plugins>` to support additional
services, features, and configuration not present in base devstack.
Get :doc:`the big picture <overview>` of what we are trying to do
with devstack, and help us by :doc:`contributing to the project
<hacking>`.